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In this video, we’ve got a combined podcast / bus depot tour of Transit Systems’ Leichhardt depot in Sydney’s Inner West. With over 50 battery electric buses, solar panels and energy storage on site, I speak with Mark Peters, General Manager Fleet, Innovation & Business Intelligence about operating and powering a BEV Fleet, renewables, hydrogen and more. I also get a quick tour of Transit Systems’ on-site infrastructure.
Timecodes:
00:00 Introduction
00:28 Mark’s role
02:15 The importance of data
03:02 Transit Systems’ zero-emission fleet strategy
03:56 The appetite for fleet electrification nationally
07:14 Driver training for electric buses
8:20 Mark’s thoughts on the electrification transition
9:12 Technical details of buses, and balancing charging in the depot
11:47 Will depot design change as electrification takes hold?
12:55 Charging the buses
14:39 Bus efficiency
18:08 Regional travel and electric buses
18:00 Any operational cost savings over the diesel fleet?
19:35 Battery degradation in the fleet
20:40 Battery chemistry
21:08 Hydrogen fleets – will we see them in Australia?
22:20 Medium to large scale hydrogen generation
23:39 Solar and battery infrastructure at the depot
25:18 Depot Tour – Tesla Megapack
26:18 Operations and control centre tour
28:10 Yard tour
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